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Abraham A. Moles. 1. THEORIES OF FORM AND THEORIES OF SCANNING The two theories , one of scanning and one of form , claim to give two conceptions of our perception of the external world . They are what recent philosophy calls ...
Abraham A. Moles. 1. THEORIES OF FORM AND THEORIES OF SCANNING The two theories , one of scanning and one of form , claim to give two conceptions of our perception of the external world . They are what recent philosophy calls ...
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... theory of form is valid when apprehen- sion of a form occurs within the interval o . In other words , [ page 65 ] we will say that , even if there is a retinal or cerebral scanning mechanism , our perception of forms gives us no ...
... theory of form is valid when apprehen- sion of a form occurs within the interval o . In other words , [ page 65 ] we will say that , even if there is a retinal or cerebral scanning mechanism , our perception of forms gives us no ...
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... theory in its present state , me- lodic forms , transposable musical phrases ... form and autocorrelation . We held that perception of form should be under ... theory of form . This essential concept continues to guide research ...
... theory in its present state , me- lodic forms , transposable musical phrases ... form and autocorrelation . We held that perception of form should be under ... theory of form . This essential concept continues to guide research ...
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